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Hi guys! I'll be applying to masters programs waiving their GRE requirements, for this cycle at least. I'm looking to go into the bio/biotech field, so the intended program is pretty variable, therefore I'm mostly focusing on school location for my choices.
My list of schools so far, ranked in terms of where I want to go the most:
- Northeastern University - Biotechnology
- Boston University - Biology and Biomedical Engineering
- Tufts University - Biology and Chemistry/Biotechnology
- New York University - General Biology
- The City College of New York - Biotechnology
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Hunters College - Biotechnology
So, basically, I'd want to end up in either Boston or NYC, but Boston more preferably.
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So I've been researching schools I would like to apply to this year and am wondering if I am competitive enough to be considered a good applicant. Obviously, just listing stats is a crap shoot to whether or not I will be accepted, but I just want to know which schools are "safeties" (is any school really safe?), matches, and reaches.
- Undergrad: Top 100 nationally, #101 global (according to US news rankings)
- Major: Human Biology
- cGPA (at time of applying): 3.71/4.0
- Major GPA: 3.77/4.0
- GRE: Not taking it, only looking into programs who are waiving their GRE requirements
Planned letters of recommendation: My two main letters will come from my mechanisms of disease professor and my research coordinator (bioinformatics). Another will come from either my physics professor or calculus/statistics professor if the school requires 3 letters of rec.
Important/relevant info:
- Research presented at the annual Lyman Briggs Research Symposium (x2).
- Research project displayed at the Abrams Planetarium.
- Deans List (x6).
- Research experience: About 1 month at the time of applying. I'm also in a Science/Math residential college, so a lot of my classes have been research-based.
- I've held a part-time job for 3 years during school, and 2 part-time jobs during the summer while taking classes.
Schools I am interested in for their masters program:
- Boston University - Biology
- Tufts University - Biomedical Engineering
- Northeastern University - Biotechnology
- University College London - Biomedical Sciences MSc
- New York University - General Biology
- The City College of New York - Biotechnology
- Hunter College - Biotechnology
- Brown University - Biotechnology
- San Diego State University - Biology
- University of San Francisco - Biotechnology
I am an OOS applicant for all of these schools, except UCL which I will be an international applicant.
East Lansing, MI
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Are you looking for a house or an apartment? Houses are typically 700-1200 per month, depending on how close to campus the house is. The apartments around campus can be a little more pricey. The ones along grand river are very expensive, especially for a studio or 1 bed 1 bath are about 1100-1200 per month. As you get further away, prices start to drop some more, so if you have a car I'd recommend doing that.